Summary : Columbus Regional Health

The pharmacist must offer to discuss the unique drug therapy regimen of each Medicaid recipient when filling prescriptions for them. Each patient must be made an offer to be counseled by the pharmacist. The items to be addressed include, the name of the drug, intended use of expected action, common side effects and their avoidance, techniques for self-monitoring, proper storage, potential drug-drug or drug-food contraindications, refill

So the center should discontinue this service, if possible, as it is affecting the center’s overall profitability. If it cannot discontinue the service due to government regulations, it can outsource the medications for the service. The outsourcing may help in reducing the variable overheads.

Law enforcement interactions with the mentally ill community are increasing, due to a number of factors such as cuts on long-term psychiatric beds, improvements in treatments and the philosophy of integration (Adelman, 2003). Which leads to mentally ill people living in the community, which leads to increase crisis and police interaction because of insufficient funding. Existing community-based crisis response services are not well unified and are limited, especially in rural areas. General hospital-based emergency services can also be difficult to access because of bed reductions, and only offer treatment to those only that are seriously ill (e.g. be actively delusional or suicidal). As Eric Macnaughton states in his study BC Early

As a community health nurse, I would be most interested in a focus group to assist elderly residents in developing emergency and disaster preparedness plans. I choose this population because elderly citizens face great health and safety risks when emergencies and disasters strike (Clark et al., 2003). It is important for health care practitioners to understand the needs of the elderly in the communities they serve (Barratt, 2007). There may be a need to quickly evacuate the local area and elderly residents may lack proper transportation. Some seniors may become confined to their homes in a disaster. Others may not know what to do if they lose services such as water, heat, electricity and basic communication. Proper advance planning can mean the difference between survival and suffering or death.

Pennsylvania Mentor’s Lehigh Valley location provides Intensive Case Management (ICM) / Resource Coordination (RC) service, Family Based Mental Health Services and Certified Peer Support Services (CPS). Although these three programs are different, they all provide services to their clients in the home and in the community. ICM/RC’s help their clients with scheduling and following through with medical and mental health appointment, navigating social security and public welfare system, finding employment and utilizing community resources. Family Based Mental Health offers intensive mental health treatment to children who have a mental health diagnosis while providing services to their families. The CPS program help’s clients meet their recovery goals through the support of an individual who also has a mental health diagnosis.

In the United States alone, approximately 20% of Americans experience a mental illness in a given year, and 1 in 25 Americans live with a serious mental illness that significantly impacts one or more life activities (NAMI.org, 2015). These disorders span across the lifetime, many starting by the age of 14, and mental health care is often the root of progress or hindrance for a person whose life is impacted by these unseen disorders. Though it is not always evident that an individual is experiencing mental illness, these complications influence the daily lives of millions of people worldwide, regardless of age, culture, race, religion, or other delineation. As a result, it is vital that this sector of healthcare be thoroughly examined for inefficiencies,

In 2013 an average of one out of eight Medicare patients are readmitted within a 30-day period which lead to the estimated costs of around $18 billion a year for Medicare patients alone. Hospitals will either be penalized or receive bonuses for their performance with readmissions. This program will encourage hospitals to concentrate on ways to improve coordinating transitions of care while improving the safety and quality of care provided. In order to

Premier Healthcare’s Ohio Health Care Association (OHCA) meeting overview is a quarterly meeting held in the conference room of the corporate headquarters in Blue Ash, Ohio. The agenda for the meeting is to update the organization on the focus and Immediate Jeopardy issues identified by the OHCA for Ohio’s third quarter of 2015. The presenter is Lori W. the corporate compliance officer. Participants and attendees include the president, vice president of operations, vice president of nursing operations, finance director, administrators, and the clinical reimbursement specialists. The topics on the agenda were identified as Immediate Jeopardy citations in twelve Ohio facilities. The goal of the meeting is to review these

The goal of Discounted MEDS is to reduce readmission rates to show that patients are healthier (Gagnon, personal communication, March 23, 2015). According to the statistics, CRH’s best readmissions percentages occurred after the program’s implementation. Nurses are giving more Discounted MEDS education in groups, which encourages patient-centered care. Therefore, patients are informed and can ask about medication costs in geographic areas. The first quarter comparison exceeded the staff’s expectations. The manager and staff analyzed and adjusted to the program needs by using the plan, do, study, and act (PDSA).

Founded in 1986, Columbus Regional Health has provided medical services to Columbus, Georgia. It is our mission at Columbus Regional Health is to provide our patients with quality health care. Positive attitude, commitment, enthusiasm, innovation, and teamwork are the core values that Columbus Regional Health board of directors, physicians, and volunteers share.

The rise in costs of prescription medicines affects all sectors of the health care industry, including private insurers, public programs, and patients. Spending on prescription drugs continues to be an important health care concern, particularly in light of rising pharmaceutical costs, the aging population, and increased use of costly specialty drugs. In recent history, increases in prescription drug costs have outpaced other categories of health care spending, rising rapidly throughout the latter half of the 1990s and early 2000s. (Kaiseredu.org, 2012).

Mike Fiorilli is thee Director of Billing Services- Denials for the Cleveland Clinic. The Cleveland Clinic is a global, multi-national health care system encompassing hospitals, physician offices, urgent care facilities, and research clinics across the globe. The Cleveland Clinic has facilities in Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Abu Dhabi, Canada, and the England facility is scheduled to open in fourth quarter 2018. Mr. Fiorilli started in the health care industry 35 years ago after the finance business he was employed by closed. There was no formal training and no college classes for the finance division of health care. No one in Mr. Fiorilli’s neighborhood went to college, the steel industry was booming and everyone on the block he grew up

Medication reconciliation (MR) per the Institute of Health Improvements Medication Management Evidence Based Guideline’s (EBG) (2011) reinforces The Joint Commission’s 2015 National Patient Safety Goal (TJCNPSG #3) mandate of safe medication management, which includes the process of medication reconciliation (MR) at every patient transaction and or transition. Budgeting and funding this implementation requires doctoral prepared advanced practice nurses (DNPAPN) to analyze a quality initiative in the context of monetary values. The purpose of this paper is to develop a budget based upon implementation of a pilot quality initiative project (PQIP) of the Institute for Health Care Improvements (2011) two question trigger method

Eskenazi Health offers various nationally-recognized programs and services. Overall, Eskenazi Health has a mission to advocate, care, teach, and serve community members. The specific agency I have chosen to research is Eskenazi Midtown Community Mental Health. There is an emphasis on vulnerable populations, and financial measures do not disqualify care. Located locally in Indianapolis, Eskenazi Health Midtown Community Mental Health Center provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services for all types of emotional and behavioral problems, including severe mental illness and substance abuse. The services are designed to provide the utmost, high-quality care and confidentiality to patients who choose to take part in the services. Outpatient detoxification and counseling is offered to participants. Welcoming people of all ages, the mission of Eskenazi Health Midtown Community Mental Health Center is to directly serve the patient suffering with serious mental illness and chronic addiction, as well as their families.

Columbus Regional Health (n.d.) serves 10 counties in Southeast Indiana. The demographics include a predominantly Caucasian population of approximately 300,000 people (Economic Opportunities through Education by 2015, n.d.). In southeastern Indiana, about 140,000 individuals have employment, and 15% of them, who are over the age of 24, have a bachelor’s degree (Economic Opportunities through Education by 2015, n.d.). Approximately 30% of the high-school students drop out in this mainly rural area with a flat population growth (Economic Opportunities through Education by 2015, n.d.).